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Pentachalkon - Azes II
| Issuer | Indo-Scythian Kingdom |
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| Year | 35 BC - 5 AD |
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| Value | Pentachalkon (5⁄48) |
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| Obverse description | City Goddess (Tyche) seated three-quarter left on a throne, cradling a cornucopia in her left arm while her right hand is raised in a gesture of benediction or offering. The figure is rendered in the Hellenistic artistic tradition, with drapery falling across the seated form. A circular Greek legend surrounds the central type within the coin's field, reading BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY / AZOY, identifying the issuer as the Great King of Kings, Azes. |
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| Obverse lettering | BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY / AZOY |
| Reverse description | Hermes standing nearly facing, with his body turned slightly to the left, holding a caduceus upright in his left hand while his right arm is extended outward, a pose typical of Hellenistic divine imagery on Indo-Scythian coinage. Control marks appear in the left and right fields flanking the deity. A Kharoshthi legend encircles the design, transliterating the Greek obverse title as Maharajasa rajarajasa mahatasa / Ayasa, designating Azes as the Great King of Kings. |
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